About the author

Lu Shuai is a Chinese-language book author about whom limited public information is available. His work centers mainly on the history of medieval China and on the practice of historical writing. Three of his books are included here: The Northern and Southern Dynasties: From the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Barbarians to Sui Unification, Wang Xizhi: The World of the Six Dynasties Aristocracy, and The Moon Reflected in Ten Thousand Rivers: A Collection of Results from the Nanjing Normal University "Historical Writing" Teaching Team. The first two fall under politics and biography, tracing the political shifts of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the culture of the Six Dynasties aristocracy, while the third concerns the teaching and organization of historical writing. His writing emphasizes factual narrative and historical context, combining scholarly substance with readability, and is suited to readers interested in the history of the Wei, Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties and in historical method.

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Publishers

Phoenix Books, Ltd.Jiangsu People's Publishing House